National Republican., 1887-06-01
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
The Fifteenth Annual Convention Of
the American SocIatY.

the American Society.
The American Society OF Mechanical
Engineers met in their fifteenth annual
session at Willard Hall yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock. About 300 members were in
attendance, not more than half the mem
bership.
Chief Engineer Loring introduced Com
missioner Webb, who made an address OF
welcome.
The president Of the association, Mr.. Geo.
II. Babcock, OF New York, responded in a
neat speech; he spoke in very compll-
mentery terms OF the many beauties OF
Washington.
The business OF the meeting then COM
menced. Mr. III. Il. Towne read the report
Of the committee on uniform tests, while
that OF the committee on pipe-casing was
presented by MIR. George NJ. Bond. The
report OF the council was read by the secre-
tary, Mr.. II. X. Hutton, and there was
matter In 1t Of considerable value to the
society.
The following persons were elected to
membership: Charles A. Ashburner, George
8. Barnum, NJ. o. Bellingrodt, Frank N.
Blgelow, William o. Bole, John Coffin.
William E. Crane, George l.. Dixon, Either
Dodds, Seymour Q. Dutton, Louis q. Engel,
John NJ. Erwin, John X. Freeman, Stephen
Hardie, William F. Henry, James a. Hor.
ton, Edmund Kent, w. 9. Lambert, Frank
M. Leavitt, John f. Lewis, G.. j. Maillefut,
Albert II. Mansfield, John Metcalf, j. G.. A.
Meyer, j. o. Nicolls, Frederick V. Owen,
Harry de b. Parsons, Fred II. Prentis, BEN
iamin f. Radford, George s. Rider, j. I.
Ridgway, Robert 7. Herbert, Louis Schultz,
Walter ". Scott, William simpkins, Charles
II. l.. Smith, Charles Steel, Walter q.
Stewart, Francis ii. Stillman, John Thom-
son, George A. Tobey, Edgar G. Tuttlc,
Frank Van Week, Jesse Warrington, George
y. Whitehead, John Il. Wilcox, De Volsen
Wood. Associate members--Thomas III.
Brooks, James A. Gilkerson, Charles l..
Huston, Albert A. Noye, w. c. Temple, A.
4, Zshm. Junior members-Hugh V. Con-
rad, Alex. 8. Garfield, William l.. Lyall,
Edward II. Mumford, and s. Tompkins.
Total, 60.
Messrs II. A. Ramsay, I. J. Borden, w.
II. Doane, w. II. Weightmau, and L. II.
Underwood were appointed committee to
nominate officers for the ensuing year.
Invitations to the society were received
from Mr.. j. 7. Ford to visit the Baltimore
Training School, and Mr.. John w. Weston,
commissioner general from the United
States to the Paris International Exposl-
tion Of Railway Appliances and Industries,
asking the society's cooperation In making
the exhibition success.
Mr.. Samuel Webber read paper on
"Tests Of Comparative Value of Different
Kinds Of Belting." He was followed by
secretay Hutton, who read Mr.. L. Ii.
Rutherford's paper on "Should Piston
Packing Ring be Of the Same Thickness at
Every Point" The other contributions
were by Mr.. X. II. Thurston on "Syste-
matte Testing Of Turbines in the United
States" and "Helcal Seams in Boiler
making" Animated discussions followed,
and were concluded only when the morn
ing session closed.
During the afternoon the members visited
the Capitol, the Corcoran Art Gallery, and
various other points Of interest.
At the evening session the following pa2
pers were read Education of Intuition
In Machiue Designing" discussed by Prof.
James =. Denton, and Mr.. Hutton read
paper discussing the same matter by Col.
Sam. Webber, Of Charleston, N. H.; "Notes
for Discussion on Cylinder Condensation"
"Notes on Limit Of Pressure in Marine En-
gines," and "Comparative Value of Steam
and Hot Water for Transmitting Heat and
were discussed by Charles T. Porter, Geo.
Fl. Barrus, Prof. Denton, President Bab-
cock, Geo. s. Strong Inventor and builder
OF the Strong locomotive), and Joseph Nor
gan, jr., OF the Cambria iron works. On
"Evaporation by Exhuast Steam," by Alex
ander Stearns, who presented some striking
facts as to the amount Of fuel necessary to
evaporate brine to dryness. The discus
sions were all interesting, but the most
lively were on Mr.. Emery's contributions.
This morning the members OF the society
will visit the bureau Of engraving and print
Ing, the national museum, Smithsonian IN
stitute, naval observatory, and other points
OF interest. At 2 D. m. the professional
session will open at Willard Hall. The
following papers will be read: methods of
Determining Cost and Distribution of Heat
and Power,' by Henry r. Towne; ga
Problem in Profit Sharin e." by VIM. Kent.
Topical query, No. "A: "What system of
regulating wages,n &C., will be discussed.
In the evening at 7 o'clock the society will
be rendered reception at the residence OF
the Hon. Josiah Dent, in Georgetown.